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Drones, Military Personnel to Be Sent to Monitor Ukraine Border with Russia

The Drones Will Be Used to Monitor the Cease-Fire Line

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Giovanni Legorano

Oct. 17, 2014 9:24 a.m. ET

MILAN—Italy, France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed to supply drones and military personnel to support an international mission aimed at monitoring the borders between Russia and Ukraine.

The decision was reached in a meeting between the foreign ministers of Italy, Ukraine and Russia and the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’, Didier Burkhalter, on the sidelines of a summit in Milan, Italy’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Friday.